Lorenzo Celsi (bishop) explained

Type:	Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:	Most Reverend
Lorenzo Celsi
Bishop of Castro del Lazio
Church:	Catholic Church
Diocese:	Diocese of Castro del Lazio
Term:	1591–1603
Predecessor:	Celso Paci
Successor:	Giovanni Ambrogio Caccia
Consecration:	10 August 1591
Consecrated By:	Ludovico de Torres
Death Date:	1603
Death Place:	Castro del Lazio, Italy

Lorenzo Celsi (died 1603) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Castro del Lazio (1591–1603).^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Biography

On 19 July 1591, Lorenzo Celsi was appointed during the papacy of Pope Gregory XIV as Bishop of Castro del Lazio. On 10 August 1591, he was consecrated bishop by Ludovico de Torres, Archbishop of Monreale, with Agapito Bellomo, Bishop of Caserta, and Gaspare Cenci, Bishop Emeritus of Melfi e Rapolla, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Castro del Lazio until his death in 1603.

Episcopal succession

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of:

• Juan Pedro González de Mendoza, Bishop of Lipari (1593);
• Pietro Francesco Montorio, Bishop of Nicastro (1594); and
• Alessandro Guidiccioni (iuniore), Bishop of Lucca (1600).

See also

• Catholic Church in Italy

Notes and References

1. Book: Eubel, Konrad. HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol III. 157. 1923. Libreria Regensbergiana. Münster. second. (in Latin)
2. Book: HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol IV. Gauchat. Patritius (Patrice). 140. 1935. Libraria Regensbergiana. Münster. (in Latin)
3. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcelsil.html "Bishop Lorenzo Celsi"
4. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dc565.html "Diocese of Castro (del Lazio)"
5. http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/former/t0439.htm "Titular Episcopal See of Castro"